Device for inserting rules in type forms



E. LAMPARTER. DEVICE FORINSERTING RULES IN TYPE FORMS. APPLICATION FILEDDEC.27. 1920.

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UNITED STATES EUGENE LAMPARTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR INSERTING RULES IN TYPE FORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed December 27, 1920. Serial No. 433,292.

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE LAMPARTER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Inserting Rules in Type Forms, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for inserting rules in type forms and ithas for its principal object the provision of a new and improved form ofdevice by which a rule can be inserted easily and quickly without thenecessity for repeatedly spreading the type for this purpose.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a face view of my improved device applied to a rule,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device taken alone as seen from the rightin Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a view showing the method of inserting the rule by the use ofmy improved device, the type form within which the rule is beinginserted being shown in section taken at line 4-4 of Fig. 5, and,

F Fig. 5 is a top view of the form shown in Fig. 6 is a cross sectiontaken on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, 10 indicates a rule ofthe ordinary type upon which my improved device is mounted as shown inFig. 1. As is best shown in Fig. 3 my device comprises arms or members11 and 12 which stand in spaced relation with respect to each other, inthe construction shown being formed integrally with a blade portion 13at the thicker edge thereof. As is shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the blade 13is comparatively short, being provided with a curved operative edgewhich is adapted to be inserted into a type form at a suitable point forspreading the type later-v ally. For manipulating the blade 13 I haveprovided a handle 14 which in the construction shown is formedintegrally therewith.

When it is desired to insert a rule at a division point in a form, suchas the form 15 of Figs. 4 and 5, the rule 10 which is to be inserted isslipped into position between the spaced arms 11 and 12. The distance atwhich these arms are held from each other is preferably such that thedevice as a whole will be held frictionally in position on the rulewithout the necessity for holding it in position manually. For insertingthe rule. the blade of the device is forced downwardly between the typeat the line at which the division is desired, serving to carry the endof the rule therewith into position at the desired point, as is shown inFig. 4. The device is then moved bodily along the line which the rule isto occupy, until the edge of the blade portion comes into contact withthe cross rule or frame part against which the rule being inserted is toabut. The device is then turned through an angle of approximately 90degrees with respect to the rule so as to bring the blade 13 uppermostthereon so as to permit the rule 10 to he slipped into contact with thecross rule. At this point of the operation, the rule will have beeninserted along its full length, after which it is an easy matter toremove the inserting device and to adjust the rule to the printinglevel.

By the use of spaced arms between which the rule is adapted to beinserted, such arms being formed on the thicker edge of the blade 13, Ihave provided a combination of parts which is in effect in the form of awedge. While I prefer to hold the rule in position opposite the thickeredge of the wedge by the means of spaced arms formed integrallytherewith, it will be understood that I do not wish to limit myself tothat form of construction except as hereinafter specifically claimed.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims. 1

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A device of the class described, comprising armss aced apart to r ceive 1 1419 between them, and means connected withsaid arms for dividing a form and directing a rule into positiontherein.

2. A device of the class described, comprising arms spaced apart toreceive a rule between them, and means forming with said arms a wedgefor dividing a form and directing a rule into position therein.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a wedge portion, andmeans for holding a rule releasably in position opposite the thickeredge of the wedge portion.

4. A device of the class described, co1nprising a blade, and arms formedintegrally with said blade at its thicker edge and standing in spacedrelation with respect to each other.

5,A device of the class described, comprising a wedge portion, means forholding two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE LAMPARTER.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, F REDA C. APPLETON.

